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I remember Revs and it was the game that got me hooked on sims and I've been
playing them ever since .

Richard Walker wrote:

> Don Chapman, described by the Rev Spooner as a shining wit, said:
>
> >Formula 1 Grand Prix World Circuit - Microprose - Spring 1992(?)
>
> Think it might have been earlier. It was released for the Amiga first (in
> 91 I think), then the Atari ST and only then the PC.
>
> >Grand Prix 2 - Microprose - August 1995
>
> Released in the UK on July 19th 1996 - only a year out <g>
>
> The one addition I would ask for (nay, demand!) is for Geoff Crammond's
> first racing sim, "Revs" to be included. Released in the UK way back around
> 1986/87 (?) first on the BBC Micro and then the Commodore C64. It was a
> simulation of Formula 3 and originally came with just the one track -
> Silverstone although a 4 track add-on was produced with Donnington, Brands
> Hatch, Oulton Park and Snetterton. Very basic by today's standards but it
> ran in just 32k of RAM, had the best keyboard control mechanism ever
> provided in a sim and was the first game worthy of being described as a
> "racing sim".
>
> Cheers,
> Richard
>
> --
> We all bump into each other every day of our lives, and we render our opinions
> whether we know anything or not, and if anybody catches us out we lie...



